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- Central Intelligence Agency
- The World Factbook 1995
- Appendix E: Selected International Environmental Agreements
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- note - abbreviated as Desertification
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- opened for signature - 14 October 1994, but not yet in force
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- objective - to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of
- drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term
- strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership
- arrangements
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- parties - (1) Mexico
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- countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (104) Algeria,
- Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh,
- Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,
- Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,
- Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote dÆIvoire, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark,
- Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
- European Union, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,
- Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran,
- Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea,
- Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta,
- Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia,
- Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,
- Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the
- Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain,
- Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey,
- Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Zaire,
- Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - some late changes not included under country
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- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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- note - abbreviated as Climate Change
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- opened for signature - 9 May 1992
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- entered into force - 21 March 1994
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- objective - to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations
- in the atmosphere at a low enough level to prevent dangerous
- anthropogenic interference with the climate system
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- parties - (119) Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
- Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
- Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burma,
- Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa
- Rica, Cote dÆIvoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador,
- Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France,
- Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary,
- Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
- Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein,
- Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
- Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco,
- Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway,
- Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
- Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, San
- Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Solomon Islands,
- Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and
- Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvulu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States,
- Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Zaire,
- Zambia, Zimbabwe
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- countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (54) Afghanistan,
- Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cape
- Verde, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus,
- Djibouti, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala,
- Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kiribati,
- Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Moldova,
- Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Panama, Rwanda,
- Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa,
- Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Ukraine, Yemen, former Yugoslavia
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- Wetlands
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- see Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As
- Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)
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- Whaling
- see International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
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